His arraignment marks the first time Berry appeared in Hartford on charges related to a double-fatal crash in Enfield in February. He is accused of driving the pickup truck that rammed into the back of a Nissan carrying four people, killing two of them.

Berry, 47, was arrested Oct. 19 and charged with two counts of manslaughter and one count of reckless driving. He had previously been charged with evading.

He pleaded Tuesday through his lawyer, Richard Cohen.

The crash happened on Broad Brook Road about 1 a.m. on Feb. 14. When the first officer arrived, the Nissan was lying on its roof on the east side of Broad Brook, otherwise known as Route 191. Colleen Caruso and Michael Kennedy, who had been back-seat passengers, were lying on the ground and were pronounced dead.

Glenn McIntyre, who had been driving, was standing nearby. Joanna Olden, the front-seat passenger, was trapped inside.

According to a warrant, an employee of Mickey Finn's Café on Route 190 in Somers saw Berry and the four others in the bar after midnight on Feb. 13. Glenn McIntyre and three friends had been at Joanna's Café across the street earlier, police have said.

All five left after closing, the employee told police.

The worker closed up and left the building and as he did, he saw "a pick-up truck leave the parking lot at a high rate of speed," the warrant states.

"The pick-up truck kicked up a lot of dirt causing a dust cloud," he told police. The truck headed west on Route 190.

Glenn McIntyre was consistent in four interviews about how the crash happened, police said. He said he was driving south on Broad Brook Road near Town Farm Road when he slowed as he approached a curve in the road, the warrant states.

His car was struck from behind, causing him to lose control and crash, it states. It doesn't say if McIntyre was aware at the time of the crash that Berry was the driver of the vehicle that hit him.

Police received tips that Berry was behind the wheel. They also recovered from the scene pieces of a General Motors/Chevrolet vehicle; they later found that they matched Berry's truck.

When police interviewed Berry, he said he was "concerned when he saw McIntyre swerving as he drove away, so he followed him," the warrant states. "Berry tried to turn his truck to the right to go around McIntyre but McIntyre's car seemed to slow down," the warrant states.

Berry heard a crash and his head hit the windshield, it states. He said he "then drove around McIntyre's car before driving home."

In a second interview, Berry said his truck was having fuel pump problems and that it would not go that fast, the warrant states. He refused to sign a written statement.

A witness told police that both vehicles were speeding, and it looked as if the pick-up was chasing the car.

During their investigation, police from a regional accident reconstruction team confirmed that both vehicles were speeding. They learned that Berry's pick-up truck was traveling at least 72 mph at the time of the crash. The Nissan was traveling a minimum of 66 mph. The speed limit is 45 mph.

Berry had been following the car for about 3.5 miles, police said.

They also were able to determine that Berry was 9-12 feet from the back of the Nissan when he slammed on the brakes.